Daily Republican., 1887-08-01
Collapsed Romance.

UUllQpl0u nUMQuUG.
Miss Florence Stone, the heroine OF
the story entitled "Death Steps Be-
twsen,"i 10 1t the house of one Of her
frieuds In the neighborhood Of Madison
avenue. New York, stricken with nerv.
ous prostrAtion and In critica, ph sical
condition.
II was related In the narrative that
Miss Stone was to be married to Mr.,
Crowninshield, Of England, who was
described as 'many times = million.
Are," but his death Mt sea prevented
Il IL happy result.
Mr.. Oro Sinshield is an imaginary
person, and the story Of bis cath at sea
and oil the elaborate and up,aue ar
rangements for Niles 5oone's marriage
70 him are the outcome of the lad y a
disordered brain. The oircumstautial
narrative relative thereto pr sent phs.
nomsna which It is believed BY the
medical men In attend anoe, have had
NO parallel in the history Of disorder OF
the senses.
THE STORY OF A PHYSICIAN.
DR. Roberts, in his house. on Madison
avenue, told substantially to repor ter
OF tha Herald last night what he knew
about this very remarkable CASE. He
said:
~ have known Miss Stone for many
years; she is . young lady Of great &C.
oomplishments, Of liberal education. in
every way fitted to be the wife OF D
wealthy man aud sdorn his home. She
has had, however, o fixed hsllucinntiOn
for nearly . year past, as We now learn
to our dtsmay, that has brought this
great suffering upon herself, sorrow.
suxiety, and In some instances vexa
tiou among her friends.
Miss Stone 10 now about So years Of
age; when she Was about % shs entered
into . matrimonial engagement that
~As broken OF, aud / think that this
circumstance probably gave bias to
her mel tai condition that has resu ltt d
In the piesent developments. Whether
that 10 SO or not, she devoted her time
largely 10 lite, ary work, writing many
Interesting and clover stories. some Of
which have been Published, and frsg-
nents OF novels that have read show
ing considerable literary ability,
'She was the daug hter Of Q wsa lthy
father who met with business rey ere es
80 serious In their pecupi larry extent as
TO render 1t necessary that she should
take . position "a governese. Ia that
capacity for several years she has lived
In the families of many d stinguished
people In various parts of the United
States and Europe. Her present en- :.
gsgement OF thas character was with
Mr.. and Mrs Ooffin, Of Chestnut Hill,
Boston. During her engagement with
tho Coffin family she last fall visited
New York. On her return 10 Boston
she told Mrs Coffin that she had met =
gentleman In New York to whom she
had been some years before engaged
that the engagement had been broken
oil; that he had married, but his wife
oau uied that he had proposed mar
riage TO her and that sbe had become
| gain engsgtd to him, and that they
were shortly to ba married; that his
name was Crcwninshield, that he lived
10 England and that he was very veal.
thv
"She described with consid crab le
min utensss her accidental and literal
running against him on q Gro wded
pavement on one OF the streets of New
York; that he raised his hat In q very
sentlemsnly manner to her, as IL apollo
sizing for his apparent rudeness; that
in doing 80 their eyes met; that he then
Issid:-'PArdou me, think / have the
honor Of your acquaintance, and that
each then recognized the other. He ex.
pressed his regret, she said, that he had
not the pleasure of knowing by what
name to address her, he presuminK oil
course, that she WAS married. She told
him that she had not married. He then
told her of his m Arriags and of his
wife's death; that the ultimate outcome
Of their talk WAS that, GA the strength
of the renewal OF their early affection
they became again engaged.
Mrs. Cofin expressed her regret Il
Miss Stone that she had not invited
Mr. Crowpinshield to Boston, and tina
she and Mr.. Coffin would have hal
great pleas ure In receiving him ss ,
guest. She Immediately replied tina
she had not had an opportunity of do
ing 30, bsosuse Mr.. Orowninshield wa
ON his way to the North west to max
Inquiries into Q large tract of land b.
was interested In, and was anxious to
get back to England as soon as b,
lcould.
1.-THE MANUFACTURED CoRREsPoN
DENCE
SIN . few Gays after this converse
ton she read to Mrs. Coffin what ap
peared to be extracts from q lette
written by Mr.. Crowinshield, In whiol
the alleged writer describes the oharsc
ter and valus of the land. say ing tha
1t had increased far beyond the writer
az xpectations In value, that 1t was thel
worth from $3.50, coo to $500, 900, an,
THAT he proposed to give 1t 70 her; tha
deeds had been prepared in her wedde'
nsme, but that these des,is could not b
Isigned until after they were married.
"A snbseq uent letter from Mr. Drown
inshield was apparently received b.
her, in which no explained the defec
Itiveness of the title TO Il land and tn
Imperative necessity of his going q
once to Yokohama, In japan, to see tn